Purple parade
Friday, May 18th, 2012There’s a new linky party in blogland: The handmade parade All things hand sewn. Why don’t you pop over and check out what else has been made. Or maybe even join in. If you miss this week, I think this is going to be a weekly event, so why not join in next time. Regular [...]
Hourglass throw
Wednesday, May 16th, 2012I bought the yarn in Nov/Dec last year. This was supposed to be my winter knitting project – keeping myself warm while I knit it and after it was finished. I got distracted. But in April I picked up and finished 3 knitting WIPs and frogged one as I just wasn’t happy with the yarn [...]
Quilt in a box
Monday, May 14th, 2012Cathi posted today about her quilts in boxes. Everything packaged away nice and tidy and easy to find for the projects she is working on. I only have two quilts in progress so it’s a lot easier for me to stay organised than your average quilter. Helped by me having a couple of boxes to [...]
Nice and dark
Sunday, May 13th, 2012As I mentioned in my last post, there’s an upside to going dark… Lots of time for knitting and sewing. We finally had some fine weather this weekend, so I blocked the two pieces I worked on in April. First is my Oktober Zest scarf. There are to be matching mitts and hat butbI don’t [...]
Catching up
Friday, May 11th, 2012It has finally happened, my blog reader new posts section is empty! Ok, so I only read back a certain number of weeks, but I’m all caught up. This was done by having a stack of files I have had to go through over the last two days. And as every one takes a couple [...]
FWQ: the story continues
Sunday, May 6th, 2012Oops, this was supposed to be posted last weekend, when I finished the last of the blocks I had precut. I’m still working sequentially by block number but I’ve missed three out. Blocks 3 and 35 are the ones with the applique basket handle, and I don’t have that template printed yet. I’ll probably save [...]
FWQ: The story so far
Sunday, April 22nd, 2012So, back in Jan, after a break over Christmas, I’d just started back working on the farmer’s wife quilt. I got one block done and a second cut out but not sewn together, so the block count was 23. Then life interrupted. Fast forward to the beginning of April and me suffering from a nasty [...]
Can you say jet lag?
Tuesday, April 10th, 2012Thanks everyone for your kind comments on my last post. At first I wasn’t sure about posting about it here, but decided I needed a tribute to Granny. I’ve been home for 1.5 weeks now, but I’ve been battling with the worst case of jet lag I’ve ever had. Hardly surprising though given I flew [...]
Granny
Friday, March 23rd, 2012Granny died yesterday. Neither she nor I are religious. The only life after death that I believe in, is that which is passed on in the genes or the memories left behind. In that respect, Granny will live on a long long time. She is in all of my happiest memories of my childhood. She [...]
Daffodil fields
Thursday, March 22nd, 2012Last week I mentioned the thousands of daffodils planted around Cardiff. This afternoon I was looking for a distraction so went for a short walk to enjoy the sun and take some pics for you. This lot is at the end of my street, as it joins the main road. And walking down the main [...]
